Wire bale-tie



(No Model.)

M. GAMPBELL. WIRE BALB TIE. No. 263,6'79. Patemed sept. 5, 1882.l

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UNITED STATES V PATENT FFICE,

, MARVIN OAMPBELOF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

WI RE BALE-TIE.

SPEGIFICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Pateri't No. 263,6'79, dated September 5, 1882,

Application filed June 15, 1882. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN OAMPBELL, of the city of South Bend and county of St. Joseph, Iand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description, whereby those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs may be enabled to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this Specification.

As my invention relates only to the manner in which I form or prepare the two ends of the bale-tie, and afterward to the way in which I lock them together, I only show in the drawings short portions from each end of the baletie, as I deem that suficient to clearly illustrate my improvement.

In the drawings similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all of the figures.

Figure 1 shows each of the two ends-of the bale-tie as I construet them. In this figure the hook a which I use is made of sheet metal. Fig. 2 shows the ends as locked together after beingpassed about the bale. Fig. 3 also shows the ends as locked together, but with the hook ct made of twisted wire instead of sheet metal. Figs. 4 and show the ends locked together in such a way that when unlocked the hook a will be entirely detached from the bale-tie.

To construct my bale-tie, I form one end of the wire or analogous bale-tie material into a simple loop, as shown at Ain Fig. 1. To prepare the other end of the tie, when I desire the hook a to be permanently attached to the baletie, I pass the end of Vthe wire through the eye or loop Z of the hook a, draw it beyond the point O of said hook, then bend the wire back and return it upon the other side of said hook a, andpass it through the eye or loop Z, and on a little back of the hook a, where I twist it to the main wire, thus forming the loop B, crossed at the point l, at which point the hook a, is suspended by the eye or loop Z, but so loosely as to admit of its slippin g backward or forward from the point l. i

The hook a may be made of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 1, or of twisted wire, as shown in Fig; but the above mode ofconstruction will long enough, so that when drawn .down by the loop B resting upon it, it will be drawn across' the loop l, and so, thongh the open side be straight, it will, by thus lying across the loop, prevent the escape of the loop B, acting, as it does, in the manner ofa toggle; but if the bend is not made at (J to form the notch c, the mode of Operating, which I will now describe,will be the same.

To lockthe two ends together after they have been passed about the bale-tie, pass the loop A over the .hook a to the point cl. Then pass the loop B over the hook a and drawit to the point G. When the bale is released from the press the tension upon the bale-tie caused by the expansion of the bale will hold the loop B firinly at the point O, and while it is thus he'ld it is impossihle for the loop A to escape from the hook a, and the two ends can only be unlocked by reversing the Operation by which they were locked, as described above.

When for convenience of construction or of Shipping or for any reason it is desirable to have the hook a, detached from the bale-tie when it is not in use about a bale the two ends of the baletie will both be formed into a simple loop, and the locking, when either kind of hook is used, will be efi'ected as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, to wit: The loop A is passed over the hook ato point d. The loop B is passed through the loop or eye l and over the hook a to the point O, when it will be seen thatthe loop A will be securely held, so that it cannot be released from the hook a except by reversin g the Operation by which the looking was effected.

I show the band made of wire. lt may be of sheet metal, hoop-iron, or any suitable materal.

What I claim as new, and dcsirc to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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A ba1e-tie,` one end having the simple A. and B and the hook a, substan'taiiy as and 15 loop A, the other end having Jthe loop B,` for the purpose herein described, and shown in orossed at the point Z., and from this point; the Fig's. 4 and 5.

hook a suspended, substantially as herein de- 5. In a balo-tie fastening, the sliding hook, 5 scribed and shown, and for the purpose set in combination with a loop or Ioops upon one forth. end for the purpose ot' engaging the other end 20 2. The hook a, having thetwo notehes d and of the bele-tie. c and the loop or eye l, for the purpose of en- In testimony whereof I have hereunto setl gaging or looking the two ends of a hale-tie. my hand in the presence of two witnesses. Io 3. The oombination,in aba1e-tie,oftheloops MARVIN OAMPBELL' A and B and the hook a,substantia1iy as and for the purpose herein described, and shown in Witnesses: v

Figs. 2 an d 3. ORRIN KIMMIS, 4. Thecombination,in aba1e-tie,ofthe1oops J. M. BROWN. 

